₦airaland Forum

Fuel subsidy needs to go because it is a sinkhole and bottomless pit of corruption. The less the federal government is involved in the money from our oil resources, the better for us.
This board to be constituted many be from political affiliates of the president for now, but that would certainly change in the future. The first step is always the hardest.
Who knows, maybe sometime in the future, after cleaning up the sector, a form of assistance may be accorded to the masses if hardship increases, but the current system is simply not sustainable.
At least we can hold the members of this new board accountable if we smell a rat. 

dayokanu:
Go get other people but just include the worst of the worst Dim Ojuku [/b]who led his people to war armed with Catapult and stones?

Did he think this was Chaka the Zulu era?

I cant help you if you decide to be a m0ron. Best advice is to flee to Abidjan like Ojuku

Obviously, you are a pure m0r0n who cannot think.
Why am I even responding to this m0ron?
Steps over the piece of crap.  

@Nigerians, we will never be able to march in Nigeria or conduct "Occupy" anything in Nigeria, until we drag mass murderers to ICC.

[size=16pt][b]ALL Nigerian civil society groups take note! [/size]

dayokanu:
We all know the one who ran from the warfront to Abidjan and let his people to be killed like roaches

How much cowardly can a man get?

Its like a father on seeing robbers scales the fence and run leaving his wife and children to be molested by Robbers

What a Kunt

Dayo, you are not an intelligent person at all. Why are you this daft?  

Assuming for a moment that you have a devilish hate for Ojukwu and Biafra, what about other Nigerians who are dying daily from extra-judicial killings, and their killers are continuing in their trade, denying Nigerians of the right to gather and protest? Do you ever think of them at all?

I am resolutely taking this argument far above your level (morbid fixation with Ojukwu).  

The ICC has MANY potential culprits in Nigeria, and I won't let one individual stop me.
If I can't get Adekunle, there are others and I am focusing on them.

Grow a brain for once in your miserable life.  

Jenifa_:
I still can't stop laughing about this.

Then don't stop laughing, only be sure to be called a fool.
There are currently many universities in Nigeria with truly weird characters named after them. 
You people are really trying in futility to mock a man who God has blessed and elevated his name above those of his enemies in Nigeria. It will not change anything.

The glory days of UNN have even passed because Nigeria has corrupted it. I almost wept the day I visited the Enugu campus of that school. It is now a shadow of its old self. Some of us alumni won't even mind a name change to something more passionate.
You can take your "University of Nigeria" to another state and zone of mediocrity.   

dayokanu:
Maybe he would exhume the body of Ojuku to be tried for war crimes and general brainlessness of leading people to a war armed with Catapult and stones

My friend your uncle (Adekunle) is still alive and may well be dragged to that court. His genocidal exploits are well documented.
The onus is on his victims in SE/SS to drag is old dark @ss there. Pray they don't do that.

For me, I am more interested in seeing recent and current war criminals, genociders and extra-judicial killers in Nigeria today dragged there. All these so called civil society groups in Nigeria are so dumb that I wonder whether any of their leaders ever saw the four corners of any university. It only takes dragging one or two of such people to that court for Nigerians to earn the right to gather and march like in Arab countries. Nigerians will NEVER be free to gather and march anywhere in Nigeria, until some Nigerian men in authority are sent to ICC. Mark my words. 

Umunne m, o di nma, agha ebigo! 

That is what makes us a great people. We know where to draw the lines and hapu ihe nile bere na abali ka oburu anwu nta!   

Please I beg you in the name of God and in the spirits of our ancestors to do me one favor.
If any Igbo EVER again makes a statement implying that there is any difference between one Igbo person and another, please give that person a "virtual slap". If offline, then execute the slap physically (provided you can escape if the guy is stronger looking  )  .
Fact remains that we are one nation and one people. Enugu city remains the everlasting capital of Eastern Nigeria. There are other contenders, but our unity is far more important than any other consideration. Enugu guarantees our unity as a people who shared common formative history in Nigeria. Agbachakwaa egwu, o laa n'ukwu (hip) -(all dance moves must involve the hip).    All Easterners, from Abakaliki to Calabar, from Arochukwu to Agbor ( ), and ALL Nigerians who accommodate us and don't kill us, are our brothers. Even if we decide to leave Nigeria at any point in the future, it should be through brotherly agreement. Enugu is home for all of us! 

This mall will be hugely successful, and thrive because it is the first of its type in the East, and all stops would be pulled to make it viable. Ingenious management is all that is needed to make it successful. As a pioneer, it would be a case study for other states in Nigeria to copy and implement. Ndi n'eme ya na obodo oyibo, ha ebu isi  asaa? C'mon!   

Please my brothers, there is no dictatorship anywhere in Igboland. It is our cradle and contribution to the human political systems, and we are proud of it.  You don't need to attack me or the office of Eze Ndigbo Nairaland because you think I may be biased (which I vow never to do). Just lay your arguments as clearly and as powerfully as you want. Otu a ka anyi si eme ya na Alaigbo. When all arguments (devoid of insults to fellow Igbo groups, states and peoples) are made, we all will gladly support it, irrespective of whether it shows anyone's state or group in bad light. Anyi ga na agwa onwe anyi eziokwu. Lying to ourselves is one of the worst things we can do to ourselves.

Let us all be joyful and continue to pray for other good things to saturate Igboland, Eastern Nigeria and Nigeria as a whole.

Thank you all! 

Nchara:
If he is ''biafran'' enough.lol. He may have forgiven Adekunle and the other murderers. He is from Imo as the MASSOB leader Uwazuruike, so may be that one can influence him.

I always believe that as long as this world keeps changing, anything is possible. I don't hold much hope for trial of some civil war actors (it may happen though ), but I am more interested in making sure that more recent and current civil rights criminals in Nigeria, those responsible for extra-judicial killings in Nigeria, are brought to justice.
It is very important that we stop the culture of impunity and "God" syndrome in Nigerian leaders.

I would never be happy until some Nigerians are dragged to that court. If that court is honest enough, it must host some Nigerian war criminals very soon.

Congrats to a great Nigerian and a son of Igboland.

Don't know, but maybe this guy can help Nigerians file cases of war crimes against some Nigerian war criminals who commit gross human rights violations and extra-judicial killings.

It is time Nigerians start dragging these men to that court.
Maybe this guy can help.

Obiagu1:
@ OnlyTruth, could you ask the mods to delete this thread?

@chino, you should STFU! I'm Anambra like you but since you've been here, all you do is to talk down on fellow Igbos. Anambra has this and that, what do you have? Are you not a man? All you do is brag about other people's achievement.
It's an indication you're a nobody; just get a life and fck off!

My brother Obiagu1, I don't know what purpose deleting this thread would serve, especially when it contains some information about how we Ndigbo relate with ourselves and our leaders. I would never support masking faults. Maybe when others take full advantage of it and teach us the lesson of our lives, then, Igbo people would learn to be reasonable.
For me, the issue now is not even this mall. The issue is our people's tendency to attack and ridicule their leaders
without any sane justification.

Why are our people always eager to attack and ridicule their leaders as their first line of defence against any perceived grievance?

Take this character Bandit.C for example. If he did not like what I said about BOTH Enugu and Onitsha, why didn't he simply tell me that I was wrong and lay down his own argument? Did I ridicule his state or people in any way?
The story I shared was REAL and TRUTH. Did my fault rise to the level at which he needed to ridicule Ndigbo (because frankly I don't give a damn about anything  )? Why are we always quick to attack and ridicule our leaders?

Take a look at Amb Ralph Uwechue for example. At a stage I was wondering why he barely made any speeches.
Bros he is guarding against insults from his fellow Igbo folks. That has been Ojukwu's lot throughout his life of struggle. It is one thing to hold personal opinions and air them powerfully. It is the height of stooopidty and idiocy for any sane human to attack and ridicule his leader whether he voted for him or not. Politically sophisticated groups understand the importance of rallying round their leaders. Even if you don't want to rally round him/her, don't attack and ridicule his office.

Igbo enwe eze is very real, but we must also accept to serve others for as long as this earth exists.
So, the mods can decide to delete it if they want. I won't ask them.


About Chino11, I have SEVERALLY in the past cautioned and even verbally abused him here. At a stage he fought back and I still chided and left him. To my surprise, some of our brothers from other SE states lob me, Chino11 and other Anambra people into that same group. What else can I do? Now you have a professional maggot and hyena called Alj_Harem coming here to add his goat mouth into dividing Igboland to suit his demonic agenda.

Umu Igbo, I will tell you again.

There is no superior or inferior Igbo in Igboland. That is the most stoopid ideology for anyone of us to nurse whether openly or subliminally. There is no superior or inferior SE state. We are ALL THE SAME.
Even Nigerians states are all the same. Whoever doesn't like this fact is free to take a bath in a super concentrated acid.

Unu ekwesigo imara ihe.
Else, onye obuna zaa afa nna ya. 

My mission is to defeat this stoopidity that has held us down in Nigeria.
Unu chozikwa, anyi akuwasiba ife nine.
Onye obuna jiri ire ya guo eze ya onu.

I won't say these again. 

manchy7531:
@Onlytruth @bandit C and the rest please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Stop all this gadam baseless arguments.are you guys not ashamed of yourselves

i warn you for the last time.it is ok.just ignore is the best solution at this point.@[b] onlytruth remember your position.you must also respect it.you shouldn't be in a position to reply carelessly with a commoner.[/b]NL is a community and you must recognize that we are being watched by the non igbo community on NL.

Pls let all this arguments end.it is ok.we love enugu, anambra, imo, aba, ebony, rivers, delta.


Am outta here

I decided to go "common" because I wanted to send the message loud and clear to you all my Igbo brothers, that your title is only as valuable and respectable as the value and respect you Igbo people here accord it. Nothing more, nothing less.

I would ignore certain characters provided they don't attack and insult me for sharing an honest opinion.

Onye obuna fie isaa n'anya.

FACE:
So I bu Lion ibe m. Good. I mere archi or estate ?

I agree that the rent seems exorbitant, but some investments are longterm and require patience.

I am a long term bricks and mortar investor and also a medium term capital market investor. I was doing daily trading in 2008 but was exposed badly and lost a lot of money. My medium term holdings recovered and I knew that my long term bricks and mortar, were always going to bounce back and I even added to them at the time. They have snce bounced back.

The reason I have told this history is to let you know that business is all about nurturing and patience. Enugu is now emerging and the industrial layouts in Emene and 9th Mile are thriving, even Innoson is a heavy investor in Enugu. I believe that better things are in stock for Enugu and I also believe that the mall will be a success.

Quick takes have the risk of quick losses.

Abu m A GREAT LION.  I won't say more for privacy reasons.

@second bolded
That is why I am locating in Enugu. Nothing is stopping me. 

FACE, I will ask some questions later. Thanks.

Bandit C.:
Lol @ this chimp. Talk about idiocy. If i were you, i would be the last person to call anybody out on cleanliness with the kind of stench and pollution emanating from your cities. Just look at Onitsha and Nnewi and get back at me again.

Oh and the old as Abraham claims of being rich and able to buy an entire village? Man you guys are really shameless and pathetic. A state that is riddled with occultists and illiterates who deem the lives of their fellow kinsmen worthless and sacrifice them for their questionable wealth. A state where every pauper in the city claims to have a mansion in the village but would never visit that mansion for years.

Bloody liars with no self worth and no root clogging every part of Igbo land with their illiteracy and bush behaviours. Loud as bleed and uncouth in everyway imaginable.

Like i already told your fellow goon here, you cannot walk the path i walk so hush. We see through y'all like a scope and trust me what we see is laughable.

I suggest you tell that man in your village to first provide a motorable road to his mansions before attempting to buy a village in Enugu. You people are childish as hell that sometimes it is painful to watch.

Ekwensu kpo kwa gi oku ebe ahu. Nkakwu di ka gi.

So, if anybody told you that Enugu state has more roads than Anambra state, you would believe him?
Have you ever been to rural Anambra state?

It is even the height of idiocy for anyone to call Anambra state "dirty". Anambra does not begin and end at Onitsha upper Iweka road. I won't go into this your slow attempt to compare Anambra and Enugu states.
That information will come from a non-Anambra citizen, or maybe someone of your level of IQ; certainly NOT ME.
You can believe whatever you want. We ain't of the same class and mettle.

You are a bush goat nevertheless. Chukwu kpo gi oku. .

Let me use this opportunity again to warn my fellow Igbo brothers.

The title you gave me is as valuable as the respect you accord it. If you want I can help you to dump it in a trash can, TODAY.
The title is innocent and without any known values except respect.

Onye obuna kwanyere onwe ya ugwu o!  
Unu ruo ebe unu ga akpa ike, unu enoo amu n'afo. Unu fu nwanne unu, amu ekenie unu!  
Nonsense.

FACE:
All you are doing is to inflame the situation and Bandit has done well to hold back.

Your friend is not the economic outline bible Re: Enugu. Even going by her own account, she is not astute in business, if not she would have :

1. Done her research before taking her goods to Enugu.

2. When she realised that her uncoordinated business plan was in danger, she should have gone to other nearby markets like Onitsha (C 100Km) and Aba (C140km) or PH (C180 Km), but she ran helter-skelter to Lagos to sell the goods, only for the good to return to Onitsha. It doesn’t say much about her business acumen.

Some guys put other people on the defence all the time and they hold back because they don’t want to draw blood from self, but those guys interpret that as weakness and carry on with their hate campaign until their ego is dented by someone who is determined to strike back. Chino is a prime example of a hate merchant.

Some remarks here may seem fine to some people, but they are unable to take same type of remarks.

“Although young boys throw stones at frogs in sports, the frogs do not die in sports but in earnest”. “Do unto others as you would have them do to you”

When I started to share the story, I stated clearly that I was telling the whole truth. No sensationalism whatsoever.
You are right, the lady was STARTING her business then when she made that error. She is based in Enugu and thought she could depend on rough market analysis to do her first import business. She failed, but that doesn't change the fact that her prognosis of the mall is apt.

Let me even share how this message came about.

I was discussing with this lady that I would like to site my company in Enugu. Her first response to me was DON'T.
My first reaction was that of bewilderment and agitation. I told her how I have always planned to site my company in Enugu and all. That was when she made the statement "Ego adiro na Enugu". She advised me (based on what I plan to do) to take it to Abuja.

Of course I'm not listening to her because my company would not be into buying and selling. It is a service/consulting company. So, I  insisted I will site it in Enugu when the International airport becomes functional.

Now, that is the Enugu that I love. I attended UNEC and lived there for 5 years while studying there. So, I love this town.

I wouldn't let any goat discourage me. 

phreakabit:
Really I dont get it. . . . What is mentally wrong with some of the Easterners on this forum? Rather than commend a fellow Eastern state on the development achieved, with the hope that it would have a catalyst effect at triggering development in the entire SE. We turn it into a contest of which state is the Front runner in Igboland! I am not being judgmental here but from my observations I have noticed that this act is common with the Igbos of Anambra extract. I am an Indigene of Abia state, but when I referred to this development in my first post I generalized it as an IGBO thing. I don't know what the rest of you guys are doing here. Just goes to show why we are quite "UNITED" .

Nna you people should leave Anambra state alone! Anyi atadiri ome ji unu?
Why is everyone here yapping about the actions of ONE Anambra boy here?
What about others?
Just face the Chino11 guy and insult him back. Stop accusing Anambra people of things we know nothing about.
Everything I said about Enugu is true, and I didn't say it because I wanted to deride Enugu.
None of the idiots here ,eg this goat called Bandit.C can stop my claims over Enugu, just like no one can stop my claims over other parts of Igboland, Eastern Nigeria and Nigeria as a whole.

You only wake up to talk when you see Chino11, then suddenly it is Anambra people this, Anambra people that.

Our unity as a people would be impossible if we don't lose inferiority complexes plaguing some of us.

Bandit C.:
@ onlytruth, first of all, if you think I, Nwagu, gives a damn about your petty online title drivel, you are mistaken. We Enugu peeps do not thrive on title giving and see such exercises as mere fallacy used to deride and oppress the less fortunate.

Secondly, before this brouhaha started, I gave out a warning and asked y'all to tone down your unnecessary Anambra gloating but you guys wouldn't listen and I went in. I do not hold back when aggravated and would do it again as long as you fools keep biting more than you can chew.

I had decided to ignore you completely, but I figure that there will be many more like you within my "term" trying to score some cheap idiotic points against "Eze Ndigbo Nairaland". Many more like you will try to insult themselves because they think that my hands are tied and I cannot swing back. O buru na agbaghi uzo owelle mgba, odighi echi. My friend, you are grossly mistaken.  

I was a witness to the type of insults and abuse Ojukwu suffered in the hands of fellow Igbos, and I OnlyTruth, Ezigbo nwa Anaedo will not accept such abuse from anybody. So, my friend your insult stops now.

Umu anuofia nwuru anwu na adiro asa ahu bia ebea ikpari ndi di ndu.    

You and your likes are complete idiots and have nothing to brag about except a city we all built together.  

What are you puffing about? One man from my town can buy your entire odd village.  
What gives you the right to insult me?
Stuppid Goat.

Lasinoh:
Because they cannot be trusted!
Like the Northerners.
Can you believe they are mostly Christians too?
Judas Iscariot was from Southern Nigeria.

I quite agree.

Nchara:
Sure but those claimants also include Ak47mann who now claims Ojukwu belongs to them. As for me all of Alaigbo belong to me

Firstly, Ojukwu belongs to Eastern Nigeria. He even belongs to Nigeria.
If anyone wants to be less charitable, he belongs to Ndigbo.

Nchara:
lol
As long as they don't stop you from flying via that airport. lol for internet claims.

I'm still buying a plot of land somewhere near Trans-Ekulu (Enugu) February next year (as soon as this lady friend returns to Enugu).
The town is the capital of Eastern Nigeria. Those educated enough know that.
Internet claimants can't change that. 

Obiagu1:
LMAO!!   


On a serious note, so all these insults and childish bickering was because of a mall?

I'm wondering too!
What would happen if and when Enugu International Airport comes on?
Then some idiots would come to tell us that Enugu is not ours.

@Bandit C

I did not respond on time because I was busy. Sorry for my late reply.

I hope your anger at my person is not because of the "eze ndigbo" title here. Nwanne I don't think you should insult Ndigbo with your tantrums and rants because of that. Only a fool would worry about an innocuous online exercise. I accepted the title out of respect and love for Ndigbo. Nothing more.
It would not stop me from speaking the truth always, insult or no insult.

I have severally (on this site) wondered how Ojukwu was able to survive for 3 years. To me, that was his greatest achievement as the Biafran head of state. I read a book about how fellow Igbos were giving Ojukwu's location co-ordinates to Nigerian air-force intelligence, enabling them to conduct precision bombings on Ojukwu's locations.
That was why Ojukwu developed a mystic about his person and positions throughout the war.
Reading from you reminded me of what our people are good at -fighting their own brothers instead of outside enemies.

The mall has somehow intoxicated you that you've lost your mind completely. I still maintain that I worry about its viability. Let me tell you why.

The friend I discussed about earlier was among the first people to seek a shop at this mall. She says that a shop is N420,000 minus security and other deposit for every quarter (3 months). She says that to make it, a shop owner has to make at least N1 million every three months; but she withdrew because she swears that there is no way a shop owner would make such money from there, unless they are making the money elsewhere. That money is what shop owners of such class in Onitsha and Nnewi make in ONE month.

She insists that there is no money in Enugu, and gave me another example.

On starting her business, she imported one container of goods (bicycles) from China, paid N320,000 to haul it all the way to Enugu city. When it got there, she couldn't sell it, and had to send it all the way back to Lagos.
You know what happened? The same container was sold to another guy at Lagos, who then sent it to Onitsha. The rest is history. She swore NEVER to attempt big business again in Enugu. She also said that Ogbete (Enugu's primary commercial center) is really sustained by Onitsha.  This is someone talking from experience.

Nna, I insist that you have complex issues. There are many fellow Igbos here with such complex.
Oburo tata ka anyi fubara awusa na uta.  

This is the whole truth.  

asha 80:
you lucky to have peter obi actually.

I tend to think that Peter Obi is somehow irresponsible; not in managing money o. He is not responsible enough to understand the CURRENT possibilities of Anambra state. He sees himself as this village headmaster making sure that basic things are provided prudently.
A great administrator would still be financially prudent, provide basic infrastructure, and still transform the urban cities of Anambra state.
Also Anambra is yet to develop "happy hour" infrastructure which attract people to want to live there.
I expect a great Anambra governor to ingeniously mobilize private capital to develop new areas.
I think they've started developing the "Anam New City", but it would take a while to attract enough attention.

Bandit C.:
So who asked her to build it in Enugu in the first place? Didn't she know that Onitsha was existing before she built it or is their any law stating that one must invest his/her money in her own state? How drastically has the econimic situation in Enugu  changed in the last 30 years that she suddenly realizes that ''na ego adiro na Enugu''? Do not give me that c.rap and you should be the one ashamed of yourself for not asking yourself those questions before mouthing off. Why again should i fight faceless people i meet online.

Enugu is my home and i will live and die for that city so if you think i would sit still and watch all you ignorant people post nonsense about her, you are in for a shock. Oh and my Enugu peeps would be proud of me for holding it down for our city. A city that nurtured and raised us. So diokpa, je zuo ike. I would defend Igbos any day and time against any aggression but do not mess with my city.

Nairaland bu chi fo anu ozo! hehe!    

Imagine this man telling me that Enugu is his city as if my people made no contribution to its current status.

Nna, I don't know what school you attended, but please stop disgracing yourself and your so called "school".

Umunna, I hope y'all see part of why Enugu Airport is there, while some are lobbying for an International Airport at Anambra state.  
Is that how we shall get there?

I would use this opportunity to THOROUGHLY chide your type.
You were the first to sack other Igbos when Enugu state was created, and in doing so poisoned Igboland that today Abia state is doing the same.

Shame of you!

I repeat, any SANE Enugu state citizen should be VERY ashamed of you. Tufiakwa!  

Nchara:
[b]But Anambra is a big disgrace to the SE, given the array of intellect/money it parades. It is a state that should have developed like Lagos. [/b]What is the use of the money and the brain if they cannot be put to use?

Let's stop this digression I beg.

I completely agree.  

Bandit C.:
@Onlytruth, of course ''ego adiro na Enugu'' because we are civil servants and proud of it, anything wrong with that?. We are conservative, moderate and spend money wisely so tell your friend to quit whining and move her hotel to Onitsha and not congest my city. We have enough hotels for one city already.

So, you are telling a Ngwo (original Enugu) lady to move her business out of Enugu?

Nna, inwere serious complex issues. Any Enugu guy should be ashamed of you.
Who are you even fighting? Look around, you are fighting yourself!
Na wa. 

asha 80:
food for thought.

money needed to fund the masterplans of those cities seem to be high though.

illiteracy in onitsha is more of poor secondary school education than having a university in my own opinion

No, I disagree completely.
I can even tell you that most traders these days in Onitsha are secondary school graduates. Igboland has since moved on from complete illiteracy. However, that is what I call HALF EDUCATION, which is dangerous.
Can high school graduates set up successful corporations? How many of them (anywhere in the world) can do that?

We need UNIVERSITY level of education to create a resident population that can think of businesses like franchises, and other corporate service based businesses instead just buying and selling.

That educated population, and corporate businesses would be easier to tax, than traders.

I thoroughly mulled over what I'm about to say now because I don't want to add fuel to the fire burning down the unity of Igboland. Nevertheless this information is important and would help give insight about this mall.
My initial fear about it is encapsulated in my little analyses below.

I therefore swear, that everything I shall say below is the TRUTH, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
So help me God.

About Enugu city:

Enugu is my "home" town, as it is the same for every Eastern Nigerian. So, I would not lie against it.

Right now, with me, is a lady visitor (an indigene of Enugu state) who come to spend Christmas with us here in the States. She was there when this mall opened and (being of high income status) she frequented there before coming to visit us here. She owns a hotel on Chime Avenue in Enugu. She tells me that Enugu babes now shop once at Shoprite, and then save the plastic bag. When next they go to Ogbete main market, they brandish the bag along the way as if they just shopped at Shoprite!    It is allowed now.  

When I inquired after her hotel and business generally, she told me pointblank, "Ego adiro na Enugu" (there is no money in Enugu). She was saying it with some sadness in her voice. She told me that Enugu is a "civil servant town".
Her hotel (quite a great looking hotel   ) charges from N6000 to N15,000 (lowest to highest rooms). At that point, I recalled that a hotel (far less in quality) was charging a minimum of N10,000 in Nnewi.
I consoled her and told her that we are lobbying the federal government seriously for the Enugu International Airport to come on stream fast so we can locate businesses in Enugu. I tried my best to convince her to stay in Enugu and wait for the coming transformation. She says that Enugu is changing daily though and things are moving up slowly for the town (she reassured me to keep faith).

I hope that some of my Enugu state brothers understand that Enugu is not just an Enugu state property, just like Onitsha is not only an Anambra state property. We are ALL developing it and lobbying for federal government projects to be located in them (river port at Onitsha and airport at Enugu). It is the height of idiocy for any individual to come and start beating chest over what we all achieved together both in Onitsha and Enugu.

About Onitsha city:

It is clear fact that Onitsha is batting far below capacity due to the strategy of development ( I say ineptitude  ) of Peter Obi administration in Anambra state. Yes, Peter Obi is developing rural Anambra state, but what about the urban cities? Ha emelu aru?      Who says that he cannot develop BOTH urban and rural part of the state simultaneously?

Another thing is that Onitsha needs to host at least ONE University, because the level of illiteracy in that town is appalling. That is what gives the impression that there is no money in Onitsha, when in fact it may have more private money than any other Eastern town. One University located there would gradually change the population and create an educated residents who can set up corporate businesses more.

Here I stand.  

asha 80:
round one begin;  fight!

I wonder what they gain by these stoopid local fights. 
When the real fight with outsiders come, most of them run away.

Believe me, our brothers are very very stoopid! 

Ufeolorun:
Who needs another talk shop.What are the achievements of Northern governors forum

Thank you very much.

Bandit C.:
What an insult to people living in Enugu.

So Enugu residents cannot afford to buy things in a mall situated in their own city again. What a very s.tupid analysis you got there. So going by your logic, rational people build a mall in a different state and city (Enugu) when their target consumers live in another state and city (onitsha). Wouldn't it make sense to actually build the mall in Onitsha since they, the Onitsha people, would be the ones, through their massive ''wealth'', that ensures that the mall survives and not the 'poor'' Enugu residents?

Man are you even alright? Onitsha wealth has no iota of influence or impact on Enugu, never did and never will. We barely even see Onitsha people in Enugu. Enugu is a very self sufficient City with, i reiterate, the highest percentage of middle class in Igbo land.

I guess where you are from, people cross state borders to go shopping. Man you are really thick. If any wealth from any part of Anambra has an impact on Enugu at all, it would be Awka, since some of them frequent Enugu due to work and other family related issues.

I don't want to go there but it is high time Anambra people purge themselves of that nonsense notion that they are better than other Igbos, cause this is 2011 and not the 80's anymore. You people keep living in this appalling delusion while other Igbo states gradually but steadily surpass you people in areas that matter.

And to answer you, if an earthquake occurs in Onitsha today, Enugu wouldn't feel it one bit economically, maybe Asaba but definitely not Enugu.

Don't make me go against my fellow Igbos here and respect my City and her residents. Do not mouth off nonsense here or i would expose you.

My brother the bolded is exactly why I wanted you to tone it down, because I know from experience, and no thanks to some deluded Anambra folks on this forum, that it would soon become a local contest.  

Please I do not believe that any Eastern or even Nigerian state is "greater" than the other. It is all a matter of how each develops its potential. Obviously as an Eastern Nigerian man, I would prefer that our region becomes the economic hub of Nigeria (no apologies about that   ).
So, please calm down and ignore any provocation.

Enugu TOWN is an Eastern Nigerian town (being our de facto capital ) . We all own it!      

Bandit C.:
[b]Sorry Nchara but ain't no way in hell the Coal City residents are poorer than the three states you mentioned above, especially Abia and Anambra. [/b]People in Enugu lead a more moderate and conservative life and are not known to be flamboyant and excessive when spending money but damn poor they are not.

[b]Enugu has the highest percentage of middle class in  Igboland and that is a fact. [/b]Income here is slightly better distributed in Enugu than in any other Igbo state. You are less likely to find a church rat in Enugu than in other Igbo states so your analogy is grossly false.

I believe he meant Enugu STATE not just Enugu town.

Even at that, I doubt that Enugu town residents control more money than Onitsha town residents.
But let's not make this thread an intra SE states/towns contest. It plays into the hands of certain people from outside our region. Let every state in Eastern Nigeria copy this for their most viable towns -Rivers, Imo, Akwa-Ibom, Ebonyi, Enugu, Cross-Rivers, Abia, Anambra, and Delta.

Thanks.  

JamesDoe:
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We cannot substantiate the claim that ONLYTRUTH IS OKIjA_JUJU, but those are the unsubstantiated rumours that some people are spreading around.

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We don't know, but SOME ARE SAYING THAT ONLyTRUTh is OKIJA_JUJU. Note: This claim cannot be substantiated due to the many multiple accounts of some posters.

I swore I wasn't going to post on this thread due to personal reasons, but this guy just cracked me up so bad!

Am I that enigmatic?

If Okija_juju is OnlyTruth, then Satan must be God! lol

I'm really enjoying this thread because of some talented comedians here.